The Drift BoaT
Your home for the day
The heart & soul of the Northwest Steelheader - The Drift Boat.
There’s something truly unique about being on the water in a hard boat, drinking a cup of coffee, and watching the sun rise over the canyon rim while you wait for that first bite.
Specially made for whitewater rivers, the drift boat’s unique design - with its flat bottom, continuous rocker, and flared high sides allow the oarsman to elegantly navigate over and around tall waves, and place the lures precisely and quietly into the strike zone while keeping your ride smooth & comfortable.
Luckily for us, we now have modern conveniences in our aluminum drift boats. Propane heaters take the edge off those crisp mornings, rod holders allow us to kick back and relax while we watch the gear work, and soft padded seats to keep us from getting sore.
Even though we are out here to catch fish; being in a drift boat, completely disconnected for a day on a whitewater river, is a huge part of the experience.
“Like the Steelhead, the Drift Boat is the perfect union of form and function, all beauty and business, and one of the most honest things on the planet. Few other craft will perform the same function, and none with such elegance. A whitewater raft will transport you downstream, but is sluggish and clumsy, handling precisely like what it is—an ungainly bag of gas. But the hull of a drift boat is geometric grace, a curvature in space defined by smooth arced planes that intersect like the vault of a cathedral. It holds no hint of ugliness. A drift-boat has a simplicity, a clearness of vision, and a sense of purpose so absolute that it might have sprung from the uncluttered heart of Shaker.”
- Ted Neeson